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Year '''478''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Illus]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1231 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 478 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Verina]], mother-in-law of Eastern Roman Emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], attempts to kill [[Isauria]]n general [[Illus]] for turning against her brother [[Basiliscus]]. A major revolt is led by her son-in-law [[Marcian (usurper)|Marcian]] and the [[Ostrogoth]] warlord [[Theodoric Strabo]], but Illus again proves his loyalty to Zeno by quashing the revolt in [[479]].

==== Asia ====
* The first [[Shinto]] shrines are built in [[Japan]].
* The [[Liu Song dynasty]] ends in [[Liu Song dynasty|China]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Eccles |first=Lance |date=1989 |title=The Seizure of the Mandate: Establishment of the Legitimacy of the Liang Dynasty (502–557) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41930764 |journal=[[Journal of Asian History]] |volume=23 |number=2 |pages=169–180 |doi= |jstor=41930764 |access-date=12 November 2024 |quote=This Song dynasty (420–478) has come to be known as the Liu Song...}}</ref>
* [[China|Chinese]] chronicles record a [[Official Communications of the Chinese Empire#Memorials|memorial]] sent by the "King of Japan" (possibly [[Emperor Yūryaku|Yūryaku]]), who describes himself as "Supreme Director of Military Affairs in Japan and [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]" to the Court of the [[Northern Wei Dynasty]]. The Chinese emperor responds by confirming the Japanese dynasty in those titles. This is the earliest verifiable date in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]].
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== Births ==
* [[Narses]], Byzantine general (d. [[573]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Lupus of Troyes]], French [[bishop]] and [[saint]] (approximate date)
* [[Shen Youzhi]], Chinese general of [[Liu Song dynasty|Liu Song]]

== References ==
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